Who is truly Qualified in Orofacial Myology???
Saturday, 25 May 2019
Q: I hope you are doing well. Within another Facebook group, it was brought to my attention that other types of clinicians (mainly SLPs) who haven’t had Sandra’s(Neo-Health Service’s) training are purchasing Myo Manuals, calling themselves orofacial myologists and just taking children through all of the exercises in the manual. One example was of an
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Terrible progress with /s/
Monday, 01 April 2019
Q: Hi all! I am a SLP working with a 5 year old little boy with all the classic OM issues. Tongue-tie, cross bite, narrow palate, abnormal swallow pattern, poor lingual resting posture, etc. Parents followed through with lingual frenectomy via laser and he completed pre and post frenectomy exercises. I am currently working on
Philtrum Length
Friday, 22 March 2019
Q: Hello Dr. Mason, I have a question about philtrum growth and measurement. 15 mm is what we look for, but does this change with age and as the face grows? Thank you for your wisdom!! A: Thanks for your question. First, a few facts as background information: the maxilla has almost completed its growth
Question regarding treatment for 14 year old twin boys
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Hello Sandra, I have a question regarding treatment. I am working with 14 year old twin boys and have almost completed phase I. In our initial assessment they had a normal bolus collection and swallow. Do I still work through phase 2? The issues that they had were open mouth posture and some mouth breathing.
When more INFO is needed
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
I started working with a client who has: an anterior and posterior crossbite, an everted lip, jaw sliding when talking and high narrow palate. I now know to take her through phase I, II and III. But the one thing I am not sure what to do with is that I could not see her
ENT won’t release
Monday, 15 October 2018
I will be attending your course in December, and was wondering if you’ll be covering this in class. This is a client that I’ve been seeing for over a year. I am attaching two photos. He has a tongue tie but his patents took him to an ENT and the ENT said it wasn’t. His
Dentist teaming up with SLP wife
Sunday, 30 September 2018
Hello, I am thinking about taking your training course on orofacial myology later this year. My question is this: I am a dentist, newly graduated from dental school. I have set up my new office and would like your opinion about the possible benefits for me and my patients if I attend your 28 hour
Repaired bilateral cleft lip who has hypernasal speech
Sunday, 16 September 2018
This Monday I will see a 25 year-old with a repaired bilateral cleft lip and palate who has hypernasal speech. She has very clear myo issues as well just by looking at her smile and face: (crowded teeth, open mouth posture, etc). I thought that I would treat her case like any other myo case